Monday, February 11, 2013

Mousavi's Daughters Arrested--Iran

Then Released!

By: Jabbar Fazeli, MD

Two daughters of the Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been arrested after security forces raided their homes in the capital, Tehran.(1)

This comes as part of a wider security crack down in preparation for the presidential elections due in June of this year. The recent arrests spree included journalists and tighter control of the media.

A prominent conservative member of the parliament, Ali Motahari, has admitted that the recent arrests of journalists was related to the upcoming elections.

UPDATE:
ILNA reports that the Mousavi daughters have been released after a few hours of questioning.(3,4)

NAJA or NOPO; they are all involved in cracking down on protestors or political activists. According to Amir-Farshad Ebrahimi, a former Ansar-e Hezbollah who defected to the USA:

[quote]''It was then that the foundations of the "NOPO" forces were built. On the Leader's direct order to the head of police intelligence at the time, Brigadier-General Masoud Sadroleslam, a special force was formed called NOPO, which stands for "Special Forces to Guard Velayat [leadership]." A section of Ansar forces became a part of the police in a very organized way and worked under the police intelligence. These were the poeple who took part in the events of July 9, 1999 and the attack on the university dormitories. Right now, in the attacks on the protesters to the election results, you can distinguish NOPO forces by their gray vests.''[/quote]

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